Petra Coon

Services for Petra Coon, 74, of Temple are scheduled for 10:30 a.m. Thursday, April 2, 2015 at Harper-Talasek Funeral Home in Temple. Burial will be at St. Mary's Cemetery in Winfield, Kansas at a later date.

Mrs. Coon died Wednesday, March 26, at her home in Temple.

She was born April 29, 1940 in Winfield, Kansas to Thomas and Maria Mendoza Llamas. Petra graduated from Winfield High School in Kansas. She was swept off her feet and married the love of her life, Kenneth Coon, on September 20, 1958. She worked for a mental health hospital in Winfield. The family moved to Temple in 1970, where Petra worked for Gidden Distributing for 30 years. Her greatest loves were God, her family, and the Dallas Cowboys and she enjoyed the Temple High School Theater productions. Petra was a member of St. Mary's Catholic Church.

Mrs. Coon was preceded in death by her husband; a brother, Julian Llamas; and sisters, Nicholasa Guerro, Beatrice Perez, and Herlinda Green.

She is survived by her sons, Chad Coon and wife SueMarie and Christian Coon and wife Chastity; daughters Cathi Coon Green and Candi Hitt and husband Joe; sister Jesse Clark; thirteen grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.

Visitation will be private.

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